This sermon is a Biblical response to the following quote from D.A. Carson- “The first generation has the gospel, the second generation assumes the gospel, and the third generation looses…
Borrowing John Pringle's words on Corinthians, the Gospels also offer “...astonishment when we take into view the peculiarly formidable obstacles that opposed its progress in the places that were selected…
Psalm 34 surprises us in its historical context considering its title and parallel account in 1 Sam 21:10-15. Here David regroups from feigned madness to sophisticated artistry. This, the second…
The restoration & upbuilding of the church is Paul's closing aim in 2 Corinthians. History & scriptural context remind us of the experiences of this cultural improbability. Corinth provides the…
Lest we be guilty of glancing over the day to day interactions in the gospel record as we would a foot note in a thesis paper, behold the eternal resonance…
This prayer recorded in Matthew shines like an other-worldly jewel normally reserved for beholding in heavenly glory! The curtain of our finite world is pulled back to hear the worship…
Psalm 33 definitively outlines actual worship. The context and descriptions are devoid of modern compartmentalizing notions of religion. Worship in truth circumscribes all of our experience and consciousness. By this…
II Corinthians 13:5-7.... Paul's instructions for testing oneself ought to serve as smelling salts in the nose of modern apathy and unqualified security in the church. Let us examine the…
Rom 11:22 exhorts us to behold the kindness and severity of God in the context of the gracious salvation of the Gentiles. In light of this admonition of the apostle...…
Isaiah's cameo appearance in Mat 12 identifies a key to Matthew's structure in his gospel record. We find here clues that connect the Old and New Testament accounts of the…